First look at Captain Cold on ‘The Flash’ set
Wentworth Miller was spotted on ‘The Flash’ set yesterday (August 6th) and we got a glimpse of how the Leonard Snart character, aka Captain Cold, will look. We can see that Wentworth will be sporting a silver fox look for the Snart role but there are no clues as to how he will look as Captain Cold.
Wentworth was announced last month at the 2014 CW TCA Panel in California to play the villain in ‘The Flash’. According to TV Line another villain, Tony Woodward, aka Girder, will be introduced around episode 6 and will be a recurring character throughout the season. Nobody has been cast for the role yet.
If you are unfamiliar with Captain Cold read on below as there is a background on the comic character.
History
Origins
Leonard Snart used a miniature stolen cyclotron as a gun which shot ice that reduced temperatures to absolute zero. Most of his crimes were in attempt to win the heart of a lady. Often he would team up with Heat Wave or his sister, Golden Glider.
Cold escaped from prison when he learned that the Picture News was planning to raise $100,000 at a charity event, which he planned to steal. However, Trickster had done the same thing. At first competing for the money, they decided to join forces when they were pursued but not only one, but two Flashes, as Jay Garrick had briefly come out of retirement. The pair successfully made their getaway, but were later captured when the two speedsters lured them into a trap by claiming that a recently discovered meteorite contained a fortune in diamonds.
After Captain Cold was released from prison, his fellow Rogues held a party for him, which turned into a riot.
Cold supposedly reformed from his criminal ways, even making a guest appearance on the Guillermo show announcing his new way of life. With his sister, Golden Glider, Snart, established Golden Snowball Recoveries, 1-800-GET-COLD, a company which recovers lost or stolen items or your money back.
They were hired by the city council of Swainsville, New Mexico, to find the Porcupine Man and his victims. They battled with the Porcupine Man, who turned out to be Wally West, but he got away from them. Three boys had been trapped in a nearby cave, and were have thought to have been the victims of the Porcupine Man. They weren’t, and it was even Wally who saved them. He split the reward money with Golden Snowball.
During this time, he flew to Los Angeles and killed former prison mate Brad Brickley, resulting in a murder investigation that remained unsolved, eventually becoming a project to challenge cadets at the LA Police Academy. It was finally solved five years later by Bart Allen.
Inertia reunited Cold and the rest of the Rogues, claiming that he could build a device that could stop time, allowing them to do whatever they wanted. However, the machine’s actual use was to transfer the Speed Force from the new Flash to himself. When the Flash arrived to stop them, the machine rendered him powerless. However, the Rogues soon realized that someone was helping the speedster, and it was possible that his powers could be returned. Not wanting this to happen, Cold, along with Heat Wave and Weather Wizard, fired on the powerless Flash in the back, resulting in his death.
Final Crisis
After being hunted remorselessly by heroes, and a year of chaos and trouble, including deportation to the Hell Planet during the events of Salvation Run, the Rogues’ decided to quit the business, but not before they strike back against Inertia during the events of Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge.
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Captain Cold, along with the rest of the Rogues, has met with constant trouble from Libra and his new Secret Society of Super-Villains, attempting to press gang them into their ranks as a safety precaution against Speedsters. Cold, however, angrily rejected Libra’s invitation, saying that the villain community had done nothing to help the Rogues following Bart’s murder. As of yet, Cold and the Rogues have completely outright refused membership, despite numerous threats made to their families. The New Rogues were sent to enlist them by holding Captain Cold’s father hostage, but after Cold had the rest of the Rogues slaughter the new group, he had Heat Wave murder his father.
Following the murders of the New Rogues, Cold and the other Rogues resumed their plan to kill Inertia. However, they had trouble from Inertia’s new mentor, Zoom. They were also still stalked by Libra, who had Weather Wizard’s infant son. Inertia killed the boy and took on the mantle of “Kid Zoom”, vowing to cause a lot of tragedy. Paying him back for all the trouble he had caused them, the Rogues broke their unspoken pact against killing speedsters for a second time. Pleased, Libra revealed why he so desperately wanted the Rogues in the Secret Society: Barry Allen had returned from the dead, and the Rogues were the only ones who knew him well enough to stop him and allow evil to triumph. Though shocked at the news of Barry’s return, Cold still rejected Libra’s request for membership, saying he didn’t believe in evil. Inertia’s body was left in front of the Keystone City Police Department, next to the written words “Tell the Flash we’re even – The Rogues“. Following these events, Cold announced that he wasn’t going to retire, both to not appear as a quitter to Barry Allen, and because he knew that Barry wouldn’t just let him walk away.
Flashpoint (crossover event taking part in an alternate universe)
Leonard Snart is a hero going by the name Citizen Cold. He is Central City’s main hero, with a museum similar to the Flash Museum. His Rogues Gallery is similar to that of the Flash. He has killed some criminals. He was contacted by Cyborg to join in the fight against Aquaman and Wonder Woman. When Batman refuses to join, Citizen Cold declines as well. After Citizen Cold defeats Mister Freeze, he returns home and sees a news report that his sister, Lisa, has been arrested for killing their brutal father. When Wally West discovers Citizen Cold’s true identity, that of a former low-level criminal, Citizen Cold confronts him before he can reveal this information, and freezes Wally in a block of ice. Later, Citizen Cold invites Iris West to dinner, but it is interrupted by calls that his sister Lisa has been kidnapped by the Rogues. Citizen Cold tries to rescue Lisa, but the Rogues attack him for revenge on what he did to them. Citizen Cold is too late and Lisa is killed. Citizen Cold is injured while escaping and collapses outside his car near Iris. Iris then brings him to her home. After he recovers, he gives her a key to his penthouse, and an offer to join him when he leaves Central City. He then goes after the Rogues, killing them all for what they did to his sister. When he returns home, he is confronted by Iris and the Pied Piper, who had revealed to her his murder of Wally. Citizen Cold attempts to kill Pied Piper, but Iris uses one of his own weapons to freeze him in a block of ice, just as he did to Wally.
Powers and Abilities
Leadership: He is a natural leader and has lead the Rogues through countless years of criminality. He’s also led a splinter group of villains during a hellish event.
Marksmanship: In addition, Leonard Snart is a very skilled marksman, though not on the same level as people like Deadshot and Deathstroke.
Tactical Analysis: He also has a very tactical mind, and his own personal sense of honor.
Paraphernalia
Captain Cold’s Snow Goggles: Minimize the flashes of energy given off by his guns within his field of vision.
Captain Cold’s Freeze Gun: Cold created his own freeze guns off of machine parts from a custom-made ice vehicle. They can create ice slicks, shatter metal or entomb victims in suspended animation in blocks of ice.